Ondrej Holzman I-CEO ye-Apple u-Tim Cook inendlela ehlukile ezindaweni eziningi kunomanduleli wakhe uSteve Jobs, futhi iWashington, DC, ikhaya likahulumeni wase-US kanye nezikhungo zezombangazwe ezibalulekile, akufani. Ngaphansi kobuholi bukaCook, i-Apple yandise kakhulu ukunxenxa abantu.
U-Cook wavakashela inhloko-dolobha yase-United States, lapho inkampani yaseCalifornia yayingavamile ukuvela ngesikhathi sikaSteve Jobs, ngoDisemba futhi yahlangana, isibonelo, uSenator Orrin Hatch, othatha iKomidi Lezezimali leSenate kulo nyaka. U-Cook ubenemihlangano eminingana ehlelelwe e-DC futhi akazange aphuthelwe yi-Apple Store e-Georgetown.
Ukuba khona kukaTim Cook eCapitol akumangazi uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi i-Apple ilokhu inwebeka kwezinye izindawo ezithakaselwayo, okuza nentshisekelo eyengeziwe yabenzi bomthetho baseMelika. Isibonelo i-Apple Watch, lapho i-Apple izoqoqa idatha ngokuhamba kwabasebenzisi.
Ngekota yokugcina, i-Apple yanxenxa i-White House, iCongress kanye neminye iminyango nama-ejensi angu-13, kusukela ku-Food and Drug Administration kuya ku-Federal Trade Commission. Uma kuqhathaniswa, ngo-2009 ngaphansi kukaSteve Jobs, u-Apple wanxenxa kuphela kuCongress nakwamanye amahhovisi ayisithupha.
Umsebenzi we-Apple wokunxenxa uyanda
"Bafundile lokho abanye lapha abaye bakufunda ngaphambi kwabo - ukuthi iWashington ingaba nomthelela omkhulu ebhizinisini labo," kusho uLarry Noble weCampaign Legal Center, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo yezepolitiki. U-Tim Cook uzama ukuvuleleka kakhudlwana nezikhulu zikahulumeni futhi anciphise isikhundla sakhe ngesikhathi se-Apple's boom.
Yize ukutshalwa kwezimali kwe-Apple ekunxenxeni abantu kusekuncane uma kuqhathaniswa nezinye izinkampani zobuchwepheshe, kuphindwe kabili inani uma kuqhathaniswa nesimo seminyaka emihlanu edlule. Ngo-2013, kwakuyirekhodi lama-dollar ayizigidi ezingu-3,4, futhi ngonyaka odlule akufanele kube inani eliphansi.
"Asikaze sisebenze kakhulu edolobheni," kusho uTim Cook ngonyaka nesigamu edlule kumasenenja baphenya kumongo wecala lokukhokha intela. Kusukela lapho, umphathi we-Apple wenze izinto ezimbalwa ezibalulekile ezizomsiza eWashington.
Ubelokhu ebhekana nezindaba zemvelo kusukela ngo-2013 Lisa Jackson, owayeyinhloko ye-Environmental Protection Agency, naye owaqala ukukhuluma esidlangalaleni ngalesi sihloko. "Siyaqonda ukuthi kufanele sikhulume ngakho," echaza ngesikhathi somhlangano weCommonwealth Club eSan Francisco.
U-Amber Cottle, inhloko yangaphambili yeKomidi Lezezimali leSenethi, owazi kahle iWashington futhi manje ophethe ngokuqondile ihhovisi lokugqugquzela e-Apple, naye weza e-Apple ngonyaka odlule.
Ngokwanda komsebenzi, i-Apple ingathanda ukugwema ukungqubuzana nabameleli abaphezulu baseMelika kanye neziphathimandla esikhathini esizayo, njenge isamba esikhulu sokwenyusa ngokungemthetho intengo ye-e-books noma isidingo khokhela abazali ukuthenga, ezenziwe izingane zabo bengazi ku-App Store.
I-Apple futhi isivele isebenza ngenkuthalo ne-Food and Drug Administration, lapho ixoxisana ngayo kweminye yemikhiqizo yayo emisha, njengezinhlelo zokusebenza zezempilo zamaselula, futhi ibonise uhlelo olusha lwe-Apple Watch kanye nohlelo lwezeMpilo ku-Federal Trade Commission ekwindla. Ngamafuphi, inkampani yaseCalifornia ngokusobala izama ukukhuthala kakhulu ukuze igweme izinkinga ezingaba khona.
